Arsenal were robbed blind - official

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The referee has admitted to a Norwegian newspaper that he probably should have given Lehmann a yellow card and allowed the goal to stand.

If the game had carried on 1-0 to Barcelona with 11 men against 11, I think the score would have been very different.

For much of the period before Lehmann's red card, Arsenal were clearly the better team. And for long periods afterwards they worked wonders given the constraints of playing a side like Barcelona with 10 men. Ljungberg and Henry were fouled virtually every time they broke from their own half.

Arsenal won the moral victory.

No chance of a replay I suppose but Barca fans should be aware that they had a lot of unfair help. It's Maradona's hand of god all over again..
 
Henry should have won it for them anyway instead of bitching about what could/should have happened.....

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yes I agree the ref could have let the goal in, and allowed a goal, but in the eyes of the law if should have allowed the goal, and sent off your german goalie so think yourself luckly.

just like Henry, making excuses, trust me it does your team no good to look like bad loosers
 
Digger said:
No chance of a replay I suppose but Barca fans should be aware that they had a lot of unfair help. It's Maradona's hand of god all over again..
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1. :lol: :lol: :lol:
2. Thanks for your moralistic lesson, and now have a good day, I'm off in a bit to the champions parade :lol: :lol:
 
Only Arsenal could blame the referee for what happened. How about blaming the nob in goal who committed a sending off offence in the first place :roll:

Really can't believe what a bunch of sore losers they are :roll:
 
I'm not an Arsenal fan, actually.

But it's a great pity that bad refereeing - why on earth Hauge wasn't tougher on Puyol for his repeated fouls, I'll never understand - had to mar what was an epic game of football.
 
Scoobie said:
Only Arsenal could blame the referee for what happened. How about blaming the nob in goal who committed a sending off offence in the first place :roll:

Really can't believe what a bunch of sore losers they are :roll:
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Look at the BBC Sport website, and read the translation of Hauge's comments.

He says in terms he could have given a yellow for that offence and, if he'd had a few more seconds to think about it, that's what he might well have done.

That, to me, makes the result a tainted one.
 
Digger said:
The referee has admitted to a Norwegian newspaper that he probably should have given Lehmann a yellow card and allowed the goal to stand.

If the game had carried on 1-0 to Barcelona with 11 men against 11, I think the score would have been very different.

For much of the period before Lehmann's red card, Arsenal were clearly the better team. And for long periods afterwards they worked wonders given the constraints of playing a side like Barcelona with 10 men. Ljungberg and Henry were fouled virtually every time they broke from their own half.

Arsenal won the moral victory.

No chance of a replay I suppose but Barca fans should be aware that they had a lot of unfair help. It's Maradona's hand of god all over again..
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Haha, you must have been REALLY gutted at last nights events eh?

I'd HATE to be that desperate.
 
Digger said:
Look at the BBC Sport website, and read the translation of Hauge's comments.

He says in terms he could have given a yellow for that offence and, if he'd had a few more seconds to think about it, that's what he might well have done.

That, to me, makes the result a tainted one.
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And what do you think us culés think with all that referee thing? :? :?


Can I mention the diving of your player that caused a fault that became a goal? that doesn't count? :roll:
 
Digger said:
Look at the BBC Sport website, and read the translation of Hauge's comments.

He says in terms he could have given a yellow for that offence and, if he'd had a few more seconds to think about it, that's what he might well have done.

That, to me, makes the result a tainted one.
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you are a fool.

its football, get over it!
 
silvia said:
And what do you think us culés think with all that referee thing? :? :?


Can I mention the diving of your player that caused a fault that became a goal? that doesn't count? :roll:
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You can indeed mention the blatant dive that led to that free kick. Another low in Hauge's inexcusably wretched performance. Hopefully, he'll never referee another game of that magnitude again. I wouldn't let him referee a pub match, personally.
 
Digger said:
You can indeed mention the blatant dive that led to that free kick. Another low in Hauge's inexcusably wretched performance. Hopefully, he'll never referee another game of that magnitude again. I wouldn't let him referee a pub match, personally.
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Then if we can mention the blatant dive don't come on here giving moralistic lessons and saying that Arsenal were robbed cos Barça didn't get any advantage of the referee :?
 
Digger said:
Look at the BBC Sport website, and read the translation of Hauge's comments.

He says in terms he could have given a yellow for that offence and, if he'd had a few more seconds to think about it, that's what he might well have done.

That, to me, makes the result a tainted one.
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I read it at lunchtime thanks. I fail to see what difference it made- even Henry agrees that the decision wasn't incorrect. If he had played the advantage and left Lehmann on the pitch everyone would now be complaining that he wasn't sent off! The fact is that either decision could be made in that circumstance- the ref isn't saying that he made the wrong decision- just that in hindsight it would have been better for the match if he had taken the other decision.

and I don't think it would have made any difference to the result anyway. Barca are a diffrent team when they are a goal ahead.

What happened is all down to Arsenal- they weren't done an injustice- they were punished for foul play!
 
oh and I think Arsenals whining is really taking the shine off what would otherwise have been remembered as a great, battling performance. Now they'll just be remembered as a bunch of sore losers.
 
well, this is incredible, I can't understand so many supposition, if the:
If the game had carried on 1-0 to Barcelona with 11 men against 11, I think the score would have been very different.

For much of the period before Lehmann's red card, Arsenal were clearly the better team. And for long periods afterwards they worked wonders given the constraints of playing a side like Barcelona with 10 men. Ljungberg and Henry were fouled virtually every time they broke from their own half.

Arsenal won the moral victory.
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we don't know what would had happened if that and that, what we know is that Barça won the match.
 
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